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Federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Arkansas ban on gender confirming treatment for transgender youth

July 21, 2021 11:00 AM Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a…

Speaker Pelosi rejects 2 Republicans tapped by GOP leader to serve on panel investigating Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

July 21, 2021 10:35 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee…

Official tells lawmakers US, Germany have reached deal allowing completion of Russian pipeline without new sanctions

July 21, 2021 10:29 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official says the U.S. and Germany have reached a deal that will allow the completion of a…

US extends Covid-19 travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico through August 21

July 21, 2021 11:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions for the US northern and southern borders until…

McConnell says GOP will not vote to raise debt ceiling, setting up clash in Congress

July 21, 2021 9:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Republicans will not vote to increase the federal borrowing limit, Senate Minority…

Ex-Army Ranger weaponized military training to aid Capitol rioters, judge says

July 21, 2021 11:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Capitol rioter and ex-Army Ranger Robert Morss to remain in jail before trial, ruling…

Ex-Army Ranger weaponized military training during Capitol riot, judge says

July 21, 2021 11:10 AM CNN

A federal judge ordered Capitol rioter and ex-Army Ranger Robert Morss to remain in jail before trial, and criticized him for using his training to…

Ad hoc extremist groups come into focus in post-January 6 criminal charges

July 21, 2021 10:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN When officers arrested Robert Morss of Pennsylvania on charges related to the January 6 Capitol riot, they found in his car a…

See what Ted Cruz is doing to frustrate Republicans and Democrats

July 21, 2021 5:50 AM CNN

Ted Cruz is facing resistance for pressuring the Biden administration to look over a policy on Russia which is blocking diplomats from being…

Personal threats, election lies and punishing new laws rattle election officials, raising fears of a mass exodus

July 21, 2021 5:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Maribeth Witzel-Behl had run elections in Madison, Wisconsin, for 15 years when the 2020 election arrived, bringing…

Biden and Schumer working fast to confirm judges and counter Trump’s reshaping of the federal bench

July 21, 2021 5:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges from a broad range of backgrounds to the…

Michael Avenatti, newly sentenced for extortion, faces trial this week for allegedly defrauding clients

July 21, 2021 5:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Erica Orden, CNN Michael Avenatti, the celebrity lawyer who rose to fame as an antagonist of former President Donald Trump, faces opening…

Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications

July 21, 2021 5:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital…

How to watch the Biden CNN town hall

July 21, 2021 2:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio, just over six months after taking…

Republicans block vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill, pushing for more time to write it

July 21, 2021 2:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Republicans blocked a vote Wednesday to start debate on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, as…

Jill Biden heads to Tokyo amid growing concern about Covid and the Olympics

July 21, 2021 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Kate Bennett, CNN Jill Biden departs Wednesday morning for a five-day international trip to Tokyo, Japan, her first solo trip abroad as first lady…

Fox News says Abbott’s Texas border wall is a chain-link fence

July 20, 2021 10:16 PM Erik Elken

DEL RIO, Texas — Fox News is giving an inside look at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, which is actually a chain-link…

California businessman indicted on lobbying charges has counted Trump among his ‘closest friends’

July 20, 2021 8:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The illegal foreign lobbying charges brought against Tom Barrack on Tuesday punctuate a winding business and political career…

Federal judge blocks Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban

July 20, 2021 7:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Caroline Kelly and Rebekah Riess, CNN US District Judge Kristine G. Baker on Tuesday temporarily blocked an Arkansas ban on nearly all abortions…

House Republicans sharpen plan of attack on Democrats’ January 6 probe

July 21, 2021 7:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Republicans on the House’s new investigative committee are gearing up for a protracted clash…

Biden faces key decision on whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Powell

July 20, 2021 6:03 PM CNN Newsource

By John Harwood, CNN President Joe Biden soon faces the same decision his most recent Democratic predecessors did: whether to reappoint a Federal…

Trump ally charged with acting as agent of foreign nation

July 20, 2021 6:49 PM CNN

Tom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates as an…

Ex-DEA agent charged with bringing gun to Capitol grounds on January 6 and lying to FBI

July 20, 2021 5:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent who previously claimed he had been fired for being at the US Capitol…

‘The clock is running’: Biden and his White House sharpen their strategy to confront epic challenges

July 20, 2021 5:27 PM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Joe Biden’s presidency is only six months old, but the mood inside the White House can…

First on CNN: Ilhan Omar leads group calling for special envoy to combat Islamophobia

July 20, 2021 5:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is leading a group of Democratic lawmakers in calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to create…

Texas Dems infect aides for Pelosi & White House, dimming chance to meet Biden

July 20, 2021 4:40 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation’s capital in a faceoff over voting rights said Tuesday that they were pressing on…

Am I a danger to my own child? Cooper presses Surgeon General on Covid-19 transmission

July 20, 2021 8:29 PM CNN

CNN’s Anderson Cooper presses US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on his risk of transmitting Covid-19 to his child, who is too young to be…

Delta variant detected on Capitol Hill prompting recommendation to mask up

July 20, 2021 8:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessica Dean and Annie Grayer, CNN As the Delta variant emerges as the dominant strain of Covid across the country, the Capitol attending…

Key senator launches investigation into cryptocurrency role in ransomware attacks

July 20, 2021 3:47 PM CNN Newsource

By Geneva Sands, CNN A key US senator is launching an investigation into the connection between cryptocurrencies and ransomware attacks in the wake…

House Democrats call for cutting federal funding for charter schools

July 21, 2021 10:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Lobosco, CNN A small provision tucked into a massive federal budget proposal put forth by the House Appropriations Committee would cut money…